🎓 College profile
Rutgers University-Newark
NJ · Public · Large city · 17,779 applicants 2023
🎯 Parent/student verdict
LikelyAccessible for most applicants. Affordable on average — net price runs around $19,703/yr.
✅ Best for
- Students focused on Business, Management, & Marketing (the school's signature program)
- Research-curious students (R2 — active research output)
Verdict is composed from this college's structured data (admit rate, SAT bands, net price by income, Carnegie classification, scholarship grids) using transparent rule thresholds — not a chat-bot's opinion.
🏛️ Institutional snapshot
What kind of college is this?
Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard (20260606 vintage) for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.
📊 Outcomes & cost
What graduates actually earn, finish, and owe.
Federal College Scorecard data. Earnings are median annual income measured years after entering. Debt is for federal-aid borrowers only (cash-pay students aren't counted).
💰 True ROI
9.5× returnWhat families actually pay (after aid) vs. the sticker — and how 10-yr earnings stack against the real cost. Most sites quote sticker; we quote what families really pay.
"True ROI" = (10-yr median earnings × 10) ÷ (actual 4-yr net price). The actual net is from Scorecard (average across all families); your family's net price will vary by income — see the breakdown above. Earnings are 10 years after enrollment (Scorecard PP-FOS, all majors combined).
💰 What families actually pay
Net price by family income
Net price = sticker price minus grant aid. This is what families actually pay out-of-pocket after scholarships and need-based aid — the most honest affordability signal there is. At Rutgers University-Newark, the average net price is $19,703/yr across all families.
🔎 Earning over $110K? The federal brackets above lump every family from $110K to $1M+ into one row.
Need-based aid usually phases out somewhere between $200K and $300K at private colleges — but the exact threshold varies a lot. For a precise estimate based on your family's actual income, assets, and your student's academic profile, use Rutgers University-Newark's official Net Price Calculator:
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Source: College Scorecard (NPT41-NPT45). Net price = total cost of attendance minus federal, state, institutional, and other grants. Some brackets may be suppressed for student-privacy reasons (small cohorts). Title IV first-time, full-time undergraduates only. The $110K+ ceiling is a federal data limitation — Department of Education hasn't refreshed these brackets since the early 2010s.
📚 What students study here
Most popular majors at Rutgers University-Newark
Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what Rutgers University-Newark actually graduates — not just what it markets.
Source: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a), bachelor's-level first majors aggregated to 2-digit CIP family. Share is of these top 5 only — not all majors.
💼 Top programs by earnings
Highest-earning majors at Rutgers University-Newark
Median earnings 4 years after entry, by major (CIP code). From the federal College Scorecard program-level outcomes.
| Major (CIP) | Credential | Cohort | 1-yr earnings | 4-yr earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | Bachelor's Degree | 88 | $80,448 | $125,303 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | Bachelor's Degree | 347 | $68,338 | $100,695 |
| Management Information Systems and Services. | Bachelor's Degree | 58 | $63,023 | $89,098 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | Bachelor's Degree | 157 | $68,141 | $89,087 |
| Information Science/Studies. | Bachelor's Degree | 12 | $56,360 | $87,757 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | Bachelor's Degree | — | $72,259 | $87,399 |
| Economics. | Bachelor's Degree | 16 | $51,848 | $86,120 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions. | Bachelor's Degree | — | $80,060 | $84,376 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | Bachelor's Degree | 418 | $58,896 | $83,606 |
| Mathematics. | Bachelor's Degree | 8 | $54,953 | $81,845 |
For full college-vs-major comparison + ROI leaderboards, see /college-outcomes →
🤖 AI program signal
AI + computing education at Rutgers University-Newark
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